In This Issue
Share Your News With Us!
It's Your Downtown Too!
Graham Avenue Construction
Jump-Start Deadline This Friday
Farmers Market Pictures And Schedule
Welcome Macaroni Kid
Renewing Members!
Big Brothers Big Sisters Seeking Littles
Sound Of Summer Concert Series
Eau Claire 23rd Brainiest City
Pictures From OAFA
Summer Fest and IFF Vendor Application
Perform at Summer Fest!
Submit to our Calendar

Stay Connected with Downtown

 
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Repairs Begin on Graham Avenue
 
You'll see some orange barrels Downtown beginning this week.  Today, crews from the City of Eau Claire are beginning work on Graham Avenue.   Deputy City Engineer Doug Derks says they'll begin concrete repairs today, and that'll continue the next 3-4 weeks.  The work includes repairs to curb and gutters, and sidewalks.  Derks says they'll start on the west side of the street.  He says that means the west side lane will be partially blocked. Converting Graham and South Barstow streets  from their current one-way design into two-way traffic is scheduled for August, sometime after Eau Claire's Summer Fest on August 4th.

 


Deadline for Jump-Start is Friday 

   Jump-Start is a business competition for  entrepreneurs interested in opening a business in Downtown Eau Claire.  It's open to any kind of business, and ends with some amazing prizes to help get your business up and running! June 15th is the deadline for submitting your business proposals for "Jump-Start Downtown."

Grand Prize: Up to $5,000 start-up capital and $1000 in airtime or advertising production from Charter Media

Innovation Idea Prize: $1000 scholarship to Entrepreneurial Training Program by the Small Business Development Center

Eligibility: Participants must be 18 years of age or older and interested in starting a business in Downtown Eau Claire or relocating a business to Downtown Eau Claire. Participants cannot enter a business already located downtown at the time of entry into the competition. Proposed business must open within 12 months of the competition.

Questions?

If you'd like to submit a business plan or have questions about the competition, please contact Julie Mishefske by phone at (715) 839-4914 or by email.

For more information, or if you want a brochure, application or evaluation form, visit Jump-Start on DECI's webpage under "Doing Business."

   

 

    

Scenes From the Farmers Market Last Saturday
 
   
     

 

  
  
 
  
     
 

 

 
June 2nd - October 31st
Wednesdays, 7:30am - 1:00pm
Thursdays, 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Saturdays, 7:30am - 1:00pm
 
For more information on what is fresh this week click here.
 
We Welcome our Newest Member:
 
Eau Claire Macaroni Kid 
 
Macaroni Kid and its family of Publisher Moms are dedicated to delivering the scoop on all the family-friendly events and activities happening in their communities each week. Check out Macaroni Kid's list of communities and sign up to receive your free weekly newsletter. For more information click here.

Thank you to our Renewing Members!  

This week's renewing members:

 

U.S. Bank 

&

Discount Realty Works LLC 

 

Big Brothers Big Sisters is
Seeking Former "Littles"
 
Courtesy of http://www.bbbsnw.org/ 


Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwestern Wisconsin is seeking anyone in the community who had a Big Brother or Big Sister when they were a child.  In honor of the agency's 40th anniversary in 2012 the agency is looking for anyone willing to share their stories about their experiences and how having a Big Brother or Big Sister impacted them.  Even if you don't want to share your story, you're encouraged to contact the office since alumni records are sparse.

 

Anyone who was a child in the program over the past 40 years is encouraged to contact the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwestern Wisconsin office at 800-648-1696 or info@bbbsnw.org.

 

 

 

 

Hundreds of people enjoyed the first evening of performances at Volume One's Sounds of Summer Concert Series last Thursday night!

 

  

Study Ranks Eau Claire

 as 23rd Brainiest City

 

The Eau Claire/La Crosse area ranks 23rd in a study of America's Brainiest Cities conducted by Richard Florida, founder of the Creative Class Group.

 

The study used a new metric developed by Lumos Labs, and is based on brain performance and cognitive capacity.

 

To measure the smartest cities, scientists tracked more than a million individuals and rated them in five areas: memory, processing speed, flexibility, attention, and problem solving. The information was then linked with education attainment, knowledge, and creative work.

 

According to Lumosity's metrics, below is a list of America's 25 brainiest metros:

 

1. Charlottesville, Virginia

2. Lafayette, Indiana

3. Anchorage Alaska

4. Madison, Wisconsin

5. San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, California

6. Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City & Dubuque, Iowa

7. Honolulu, Hawaii

8. Johnstown-Altoona, Pennsylvania

9. Champaign & Springfield-Decatur, Illinois

10. Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota

11. Boston-Manchester (Massachusetts/New Hampshire)

12. Austin, Texas

13. Rochester, New York

14. Gainesville, Florida

15. Fargo-Valley City North Dakota

16. Lansing, Michigan

17. Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo

18. Burlington-Plattsburgh (Vermont/New York)

19. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

20. Syracuse, New York

21. Baton Rouge, Louisiana

22. Columbia-Jefferson City, Missouri

23. La Crosse-Eau Claire, Wisconsin

24. Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York Pennsylvania

25. Springfield-Holyoke, Massachusett

 
Open Air Festival of the Arts was a Two-Day Celebration this Past Weekend
 
 
 

Be a Part of 2012 Summer Fest and International Fall Festival! 

 

Come join DECI at Summer Fest and the International Fall Festival as a vendor!  Be a part of amazing events that bring a total of more than 40,000 people into the downtown area.

 

To find the application, follow this link to our website and scroll down to the post

"Vendor Application for International Fall Festival and Summer Fest":

 

Please fill it out and return it to Downtown Eau Claire, Inc. before July 11, 2012.  Our address is:

203 S. Farwell St. P.O. Box 5148

Eau Claire, WI 54702

 


 It's Your Time To Shine at Summer Fest!  

Right now, we're looking for a few performers/groups that'd like to show their stuff on the main stage!  If you know of a group that would like entertain the crowd for a half-an-hour and get their name out there, let us know!

Get the Word Out!

 

Would you like a little more help publicizing your Downtown event?  Just put it on our calendar!  Go to our website and submit your event!  It's that easy!  

(The link is near the bottom of the page under the calendar) 

 

 

And when you're done with that, head to Facebook and 'like' our page-

Downtown Eau Claire!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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